Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW): Uncovering A True Diamond In The Rough

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Charles Schwab Corp. (NYSE:SCHW) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.63M but it saw 6088621 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 111.58B USD, the company’s current market price of $62.78 came rising about 0.90 while comparing to the previous closing price of $62.22. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $79.49 and as low as $48.66. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $62.13 while lowest mark touched by it was $63.17.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Charles Schwab Corp. (SCHW) gives us an average price of $65.27, while its current price level is -21.02% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 29.02% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $70.20 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $67.15. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.87% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.15%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 35.10 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Piper Sandler which downgraded the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on July 29, 2024, recommending a price target of between $80 and $64 for it. TD Cowen downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Hold” from “Buy” on July 17, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $88-$71. Keefe Bruyette issued its recommendations for the stock as it upgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $76 and $84.

Over the week, SCHW’s stock price is moving -1.46% down while it is -15.88% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -8.75% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -4.18%.

The latest quarterly earnings report issued by the company reported quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of 0.77 beat the consensus estimate of 0.74 for the same. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $4.97B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $19.12B and seeing the company making $21.97B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $4.73B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Charles Schwab Corp.’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.77B with 6.27% of that held by the insiders while 84.76% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.63% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.99%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 26.09 while having a 15.49 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.96. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 3.36 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 4.38. Its return on asset (ROA) is 1.01% on average.